Special issue on development policy and global change science in the Americas

 

The special issue of the Journal of Science Policy and Governance (JSPG), titled "Development Policy and Global Change Science to Achieve the Vision of a Sustainable Americas," was recently published. The edition includes articles from early-stage researchers from the region and was sponsored by the IAI. It focuses on current debates on science, technology, and innovation policy and governance.

A number of articles focus on IAI STeP fellows' science diplomacy projects that were also shared at the SRI2023 Sustainability Research and Innovation Conference on topics including pesticide regulations in Belgium (EU) and Washington State (USA), strategies to reduce plastic pollution in Brasil, and youth participation in climate change negotiations.

The JSPG is an open-access journal, so all articles are freely available at: https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/jspgvol22iss02.html 

We share below the list of article titles with their authors:

 

1. Policy Analysis - Comparing Pesticide Regulations: What can Belgium (EU) and Washington State (US) Learn from One Another? 

Ona Ambrozaite, Kirsten B. Butner, Dezmond Cole, Eline D'Haene, Jasmine De Rop, Willem Desmedt, Nathaniel Laughner, Ruben Savels, Esther Van Parys, Hao Nick Zhang

 

2. ​Policy Brief - Closing the Intention-Action Gap: Behaviorally-Aligned Strategies for Effective Plastic Pollution Reduction 

Bhuvanesh Awasthi*, Anne-Teresa Birthwright*, Maria Ines Carabajal*, Larisse Faroni-Perez*

 

3. Op-Ed - Overlooked No More: Empowering Youth Voices in Global Climate-Change Negotiations 

Julian Campisi*, Miriam Hird-Younger*, Evvan Morton*, Hamangai Pataxó, Fany Ramos Quispe*, Sergio Richard Romero Nina, Laila Thomaz Sandroni*

 

4. Policy Position Paper - Overcoming Plastic Pollution: Challenges Faced by Brazilian Policies and Perspectives for Stakeholder Engagement and Global Governance Opportunities 

Larisse Faroni-Perez*

 

5. Policy Analysis - Environmental Justice Across the Lithium Supply Chain: A Role for Science Diplomacy in the Americas

Alice Grossman*, Matías Mastrangelo*, Camilo De Los Ríos*, Mónica Jiménez-Córdova*

 

6. Op-Ed - A New Vision of Sustainable Communities: Transforming Communities and Academia via the EPIC Model

Ada Inman, Bryce Bray, Maria Inés Carabajal*, Marshall Curry, Kristofer Patron-Soberano, Andrea Chavez Michaelsen

 

7. Workshop Report - Transdisciplinarity 101: Short-Term Training in Knowledge Co-Production to Face Global Environmental Change

Laila Sandroni*, Fany Ramos Quispe*, Lily House-Peters, Gabriela Alonso-Yanez, Maria Ines Carabajal*, Marshalee Valentine, Sarah Schweizer, Mzime Murisa, Natasha Roy, Anne de Vernal, Nicole Arbour, Anna Stewart-Ibarra

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